would this damage my CPU?

Jaffar · 6 Nov 2011 at 23:34

I'm running an I5 2500k with a MSI P67A GD53 and 2x2GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz.

I just noticed in the BIOS that the "optimized defaults" had set the vram to 1.632v. I've now manually reduced it to 1.5v as I heard anything higher can reduce the lifespan of sandy bridge chips. Should I be worried?

Kelt · 6 Nov 2011 at 23:38

Jaffar said:
I'm running an I5 2500k with a MSI P67A GD53 and 2x2GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz.

I just noticed in the BIOS that the "optimized defaults" had set the vram to 1.632v. I've now manually reduced it to 1.5v as I heard anything higher can reduce the lifespan of sandy bridge chips. Should I be worried?

Wouldn't have thought so.

Jaffar · 6 Nov 2011 at 23:43

Kelt said:
Wouldn't have thought so.

Cheers. I've searched on Google but there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer on this.

Bwaaa · 6 Nov 2011 at 23:57

I kinda had the same thing with my 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Grey, it defaulted to 1600mhz 1.65v but I dropped it down to 1.5v and it's all stable in prime so shouldn't be a problem.

Jaffar · 7 Nov 2011 at 08:30

Bwaaa said:
I kinda had the same thing with my 2x4GB Kingston HyperX Grey, it defaulted to 1600mhz 1.65v but I dropped it down to 1.5v and it's all stable in prime so shouldn't be a problem.

Yeah, it all seems to be running fine on 1.5v. I was just wondering if being on 1.632v dram previously could have caused any hidden damage to the processor.

Nightglow · 7 Nov 2011 at 08:47

Shouldn't have a problem with XMS3 running at 1.5v.

There is a thread here about same thing. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18337592

Jaffar · 7 Nov 2011 at 09:05

Nightglow said:
Shouldn't have a problem with XMS3 running at 1.5v.

I'm aware of this...

Jaffar said:
I was just wondering if being on 1.632v dram previously could have caused any hidden damage to the processor.